squiggly

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squig·gle

(skwĭg′əl)

A small wiggly mark or scrawl.

intr.v. squig·gled, squig·gling, squig·gles

1. To squirm and wriggle.

2. To make squiggles.

[Perhaps blend of squirm and wiggle.]

squig′gly adj.

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Adj.

squiggly - wavy and twisting

crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"

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squiggly

[ˈskwɪglɪ] ADJ [line] → garrapatoso

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